duress

/djʊˈɹɛs//duˈɹɛs/

noun

  1. 1

    Harsh treatment.

  2. 2

    Constraint by threat.

  3. 3

    Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.

verb

  1. 1

    To put under duress; to pressure.

    Someone was duressing her.

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